Mark Kelly

A scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly. Giffords' gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, has been credited with helping to bring Toomey and Manchin together to draft a provision to expand background checks. (Read Sunday's tick-tock of how Toomey became involved here.) Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011, but suffered major brain trauma. The four principles met privately for about 10 minutes...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers thrives under pressure on the field, and on "Celebrity Jeopardy!".
The Packers signal-caller came away the big winner on Tuesday night's celebrity edition of the quiz competition hosted by Alex...

As a twin, astronaut Scott Kelly knew his mission to spend a year on the International Space Station offered the perfect opportunity for a science experiment. Kelly launched into space Friday on a Soyuz space capsule while his brother, retired astronaut...

What happens to our DNA, RNA and proteins if we spend a long time in space? A pair of 50-year-old twins will help NASA find out.
Identical twins Mark and Scott Kelly have signed up to be part of the first-ever twin study that takes place, at least...

Three years ago today, she was in the most mundane of places, a supermarket parking lot in Tucson. She was engaged in the most meaningful act in political life, talking to the people who had sent her to Washington. Then a bullet pierced Gabrielle...

A gun shop in Tucson, Ariz., has canceled an effort by retired astronaut Mark Kelly, an outspoken gun-control advocate, to buy a semiautomatic rifle as a way of demonstrating how easy it is to buy powerful weapons.
Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabby...

A flurry of new children's books is headed for the shelves, and the authors carry some very familiar names, including Stephen Colbert. A look at the future:-- Colbert's book, "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" is scheduled for a May 8 release,...

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The progress Gabby Giffords has made in her recovery from a close-range gun shot to the head is evident in a new book and television special (see video below). But it's also clear she still has a long way to go. "Gabby: A Story of Courage and...

Americans are set to hear Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speak publicly for the first time in months, as she describes with her husband the grueling 10-month recovery from an assassination attempt in January. ABC News' Diane Sawyer interviewed Giffords and Mark...

Even Gabrielle Giffords' doctors are starting to call her recovery a miracle.
Few people who take a bullet to the brain -- just 10 percent -- survive such a devastating wound.
Yet doctors say the critically injured congresswoman has been making steady...